Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, discusses how a startup should account for its first revenue (and ongoing revenue) before looking for more!
After the booming startup market of the last few years, the valuation of many startups has gotten too high.
At Kruze Consulting, we get tons of questions about the difference between bookings, ARR and revenue.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, provides a 9 step guide to creating a financial plan for your startup, given the current financial climate.
Learn what budget vs actuals is, when you should do it and why it is crucial for the long-term success of your startup business.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, discusses the importance of giving your startup's investor updates and his preferred startup investor update template.
In the wake of the SVB crisis, startup founders with millions of dollars in VC funding are looking for FDIC coverage over $250,000. Here is how to try to get it.
Scott Orn, Kruze Consulting's COO, shares everything you need to know about your startups' zero cash date and how to calculate it with your burn rate.
Everything you need to about how venture capitalists make decisions and who has the most decision making authority, by Kruze Consulting's COO Scott Orn.
Kruze's COO, Scott Orn's, guide to the cost of fractional startup CFOs and how their billing structure works to ensure you receive the service you pay for.
Paul Graham, the entrepreneur that founded the startup incubator Y Combinator, asks a very famous question when he meets a founder: “Is your startup default alive or default dead?” Let’s look at what that means.
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, explains the differences between the Brex corporate card and American Express and which one is best for startups.
Moving bank accounts has more moving parts that you'd think. Here is a checklist to help.
Airbase is a leader for expense management tools in the startup world, and provide pre-funded cards for fast growing startups.
Our CPA team compares Brex and Ramp. Which offers the best card for startups? We look at points, expense management features and more.
When you consider hiring a CFO for a startup, you may also want to think about the other people who will help make that decision.
Kruze Consulting’s COO, Scott Orn, breaks down the reasons why startups should not keep their cash in savings accounts and what to do instead.
Sometimes, founders will just give everyone who participates in the early rounds pro-rata rights.
It’s a common question: Does the startup board have any flexibility when it comes to setting the strike price for options?
Refunding customers is a necessary part of doing business for almost every early-stage company, especially for ecommerce or direct-to-consumer startups.
The Bessemer Cloud Index was created in 2013 by Bessemer Venture Partners, this is a guide to what the Bessemer Cloud Index tracks and how it works.
The short answer here is that your startup accountant needs to know your revenue by state to properly handle your taxes. So let’s look at why that’s the case.
This is an important task for startups, because they're raising a lot of money, sometimes millions or even tens of millions of dollars.
The Paycheck Protection Program was created to provide startups and other small businesses with funds to support their operations during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Petty cash is a term for a small amount of cash kept on hand at your startup to handle small expenses, like tipping a delivery driver or buying lunch.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, discusses everything you need to know about distributing advisor shares and the different types of advisors at startup.
Expense Management tools are the frontier of startup credit card competition.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, gives his number one top tip on how to close a seed round for founders looking for funding at startup.
A growing number of startups are using corporate credit cards to better manage their business expenses.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, discusses everything you need to know about using bond ladders for good cash management at your startup.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, answers the question 'Why don’t startups use SBA loans?' and suggests other sources of debt capital.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, explains 5 ways you can collect cash upfront from customers, a crucial factor in the success of a startup.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, answers the question of 'What happens to my personal taxes if my employer switches to a PEO mid-year?'.
Financing a Startup - 8 most common sources of startup financing.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, discusses the Paycheck Protection Program for startups and which states are taxing PPP loan forgiveness.
We recently compared revenue trends amongst 400 early-stage startups that took a Payment Protection Program (PPP) loan last year to startups that did not.
The quick answer is that a secondary transaction should not impact your ASC 718 reporting. However, going forward, It potentially can impact your 409a.
Vannessa Kruze, CPA, explains the difference between compilation, review & audit when it comes to providing your startup's 'Audited GAAP Financials'.
Kruze Consulting COO, Scott Orn, explains everything you need to know about secondary stock transactions and why VC firms are buying founder shares.
Our CPA team compares Brex and Stripe's card. Which offers the best card for startups? We look at points, expense management features and more.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, answers the question 'Can my startup retroactively apply for PPP 1?' and looks at startups that will and won't be eligible.
Today I'm answering the question: how do startups collect accounts receivable checks when their offices are closed due to covid?
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, provides a breakdown of how the COVID stimulus bill (CARES Act) will help seed and venture funded startups.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, answers the question 'Should your company reduce salaries when an employee moves to a lower cost geography?'.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, presents a guide to adjusting your startups office lease when your startup is in a crisis situation, such as COVID-19.
What is the difference between double-entry bookkeeping, and single-entry bookkeeping, and which is right for a funded startup or high-growth eCommerce company?
Kruze Consulting is a leading alternative to ScaleFactor. We provide monthly books, tax support and filings & CFO level advice to 100s of startups!
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, discusses Bill.com versus Gusto, the two most popular options used by startups for paying their contractors
The first hire for a startup is an exciting time! When a startup goes beyond the founders and has employees, the business can start to feel “real.”
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, explains the meaning of Fintech Equity & Debt Staircase and why Fintech companies raise capital.
Kruze Vice President FP&A, Healy Jones, will be joining this new Procurify’s webinar on All You Need To Know For Small Business Loans.
Read Kruze Consulting's recent newsletter about the SBA Crisis loans and how they may work for startups, as well as alternative funding sources.
A breakdown of Visa's Plaid acquisition and what this could mean for startup bookkeepers, particularly those who use technology to automate their process.
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, breakdowns the signs of an impending tech recession and how your startup can prepare if a recession occurs.
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, gives advice on using milestones to gate your startup's burn rate to help you manage your cash-out dates.
In the early days of a startup, projecting cash flow is relatively simple, because it’s a one-way street.
Vanessa Kruze, CPA, gives six tips on how to set up startup financial systems, including online service provider recommendations i.e QuickBooks.
Venture debt experts, Kruze Consulting, recently released a study that surveyed venture debt firms and bankers representing over 85% of the venture debt market.
Kruze Consulting and Procurify are pleased to present an event for San Francisco startups, Managing Departmental Budgets for Fast Growth Startups.
Kruze Consulting's VP of FP&A, Healy Jones, answers the question 'Do Startups need a Discounted Cash Flow Valuation (DCF) for a venture capital round?'.
Kruze Consulting has compiled the ultimate Finance, Tax and HR Due Diligence Checklist, free for Startups to download and use in their fundraising efforts.
Kruze Consulting has compiled detailed job descriptions for startups' finance and accounting teams, based on our experience managing the growth of our startups.
FloQast is a software exclusively designed for accountants to close books faster and more accurately.
Netsuite is an ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) tool. It manages your accounting, reporting, supply chain, procurement, and much more.
The first thing a CFO does for startups is to manage the financial reporting. That means making sure the books are closed and closed correctly every month.
AVRA Talent, previously known as Recruit, partners with startups and growing firms to help fill non-technical talent.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, on the dangers of venture debt and how to lower the risk of things going wrong when using venture debt for your startup.
Kruze Consulting's COO, Scott Orn, presents a guide to venture lending and the common events of default that you can encounter in venture debt.
The first thing they're going to ask for is your historical financials.
Vanessa Kruze, Kruze Consulting's CEO, discusses the vital online systems and programmes that startups should set up when they first start the company.
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